Books

SynopsisThe first popular account of the new science of neuroplasticity, Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain recounts
the discovery of how the brain can change as a result of the life we
lead as well as the thoughts we think. Based on a meeting between the
Dalai Lama and western scientists, it explores how meditation and other
forms of mental training can alter the structure and function of the
brain in ways that offer new hope for victims of stroke, people
suffering from depression or obsessive-compulsive disorder, and children
with dyslexia--as well as anyone who wishes to cultivate a greater
sense of well-being and compassion.

SynopsisWhen UCLA neuropsychiatrist Jeffrey Schwartz discovered that people with obsessive-compulsive
disorder can conquer their illness by realizing that the disease "is
not me, it's my brain," he was inspired to embark on a quest to test the
limits of how this therapy and other forms of mental activity can act
back on the very structure of the brain. A plea for neuroscientists to
question their reductionist mind-set, it also describes Schwartz's
collaboration with physicist Henry Stapp to devise a quantum theory of
the mind.

Barnes & Noble: HardcoverSynopsisCan the intricacy of life be
explained without resorting to a supernatural creator? Lavishly
illustrated with electron micrographs and other images from biology, Inside the Mind of God
describes the face-off between evolutionary biology and creationism,
exploring the work of scientists who believe in a personal God but who
also are convinced that evolution is responsible for life in all its
glory.

SynopsisInspired by the stunning photographs of the cosmos taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, The Hand of God
explores attempts to reconcile science and faith by astronomers and
cosmologists who see the work of a divine creator in the structure of
the universe and its hospitableness to life.